A group of lawyers from various countries known as the International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network, has called on the Nigerian government to implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed …
Court Rules in Favour of Women Harassed and Abused by Nigerian Police & AEPB
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled in favour of six women who were harassed and abused during raids by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), police and …
ILAW Members in the News: Int’l law group mobilizes to give free legal services to sacked Kaduna workers
A group of lawyers under the aegis of The International Lawyers Assisting Workers, ILAW, has called on all its members across the country to mobilise to Kaduna to render services as …
Shell in Nigeria: Polluted communities ‘can sue in English courts’
“The UK Supreme Court has ruled that oil-polluted Nigerian communities can sue Shell in English courts. The decision is a victory for the communities after a five-year battle and overturns …
COVID-19 and Nigeria’s Informal Economy
Nigeria’s informal economy has grown considerably over the last decade. These are the individuals and microenterprises whose economic well-being is birthed and buoyed on the fringes of the formal economy; …
Alleged Murder of Domestic Worker: ILAW, Family Query Postmortem Report, Ask for Fresh Autopsy
International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network and the family of the late Joy Adole, suspected to have been beaten to death by her employer sometime in April this year, have …
Nigerian Ride-Hail Drivers Are Striking Over Regulations That Leave Them in the Cold
Ride-hail drivers in Lagos State, Nigeria launched a one-week strike on Monday to protest new regulations by the state government that were largely made without their input and could introduce …
Lawyers Assisting Workers Condemn Rice Mill Company For Holding 126 Workers Hostage
The International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network, Nigeria Chapter, has condemned Popular Farm, a rice mill company that held 126 workers against their will, in deplorable conditions and on starvation …
Nigeria urged to ratify ILO Convention 190
The Nigerian Government has again been urged to as a matter of urgency, ratify the International Labour Organisation Convention 190 which seeks to eliminate violence and harassment in the world …
Sexual Violence: ILAW Joins NLC, Calls on FG to Ratify ILO Convention 190
THE International Lawyers Assisting Workers network (Nigeria Chapter) identifies with organized labour in Nigeria in calling on the Federal Government to speedily ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. …
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